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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eddington like this:
EDINGTON, HIDDEN, AND NEWTOWN, a tything in Hungerford parish, Berks; on the Kennet, adjacent to Hungerford. Real property, £2, 685. Pop., 552. Houses, 130. Either this Edington or the one in Wilts was the Ethendune of the Saxons, where Alfred, in 878, when disguised as a harper, espied and defeated the Danish forces.
Eddington is now part of WEST BERKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST BERKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eddington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eddington, in West Berkshire and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25593
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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